Banding cigars



- 20,1934. C, N, |0L|N0 1,951,788

BANDING CIGARS Filed Sept. 28. 1932 A Lilg.

. N @iol ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 20, 1934 PATENT OFFCE BANDING CIGARS Charles N. Ciolino, Garfield, N. J., assignor to A. Gutierrez, Inc., Passaic, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 28, 1932., Serial No. 635,279

3 Claims.

' The invention has for an object to facilitate the placing of band labels on cigars, and particularly to effect the labelling of cigars by a novel means of simulating an encircling band While at the same time enclosing the cigar in a protective covering excluding moisture and dust and preserving the essential oils and aroma of the leaf, yet obviating the operations ordinarily involved in forming and placing bands on cigars.

It-is a special aim to provide a means whereby the elfect of a completely encircling band will be created without the expense of printing a completely encircling member, taking advantage of certain optical effects with a novel result.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention reside in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts involved in the embodiment of the inventio-n, as will be understood from the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a box of cigars and showing my invention in one embodiment,

Figure 2 is a fro-nt view of a cigar and tubewrapper enclosure with my invention,

Figure 3 is a cross section thereof on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Figure Il is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the enclosure (through center of label).

Figure 5 is a similar View adjacent the side of the front face of the article.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a tube as printed.

Figure '7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 illustrates a manner of forming the band segment on a wrapper tube.

In the past it has been a practice to label individual cigars by placing thereon an encircling label of paper, this label having universally and conventionally assumed the form of a narrow ring, with a medallion or similar enlargement, containing the name of the brand.

In the making of cigars, as is well known and universally practiced, they are rolled in the wrapper, but while fresh and before packing in the boxes in which they are retailed, they are gathered in a form and pressed, so as to give them a square shape in cross section, and also when finally packed in the boxes they are so compressed that they receive a permanent set with a square cross section, so as to remain square in cross section.

In carrying out my invention, I obtain fiat cellulose tube or bag stock 13 having a single bellows fold 19 at each side, eachbellows portion including one-quarter of the circumference of (o1. isi-11) Y the envelope. I provide embossing dies and use these in a stamping press in conjunction with die heating and an opaque color sheet 22 or similar material or metal, adapted to become adhesive When heated. The tubes are fed between in Figure l, the band-medallion being indicated at 26, and the tongue portio-ns at 27.

In some cases the band-medallion may be small enough to allow formation of more of the tongue portions 27, than shown in Figure 3, and by modified methods more of the tongues may be formed on the tube of Figure 2, as will be eX- i plained.

The dies are formed to produce a sharp raising of the boundary edge portions 28 of the band which extend transversely of the tube, but at each side the terminal edge 29 may be flattened and merge into the face of the tube material, The extreme edge portion 28 should be a raised edge transversely of the tube, but between these boundaries a relief pattern 30 may be formed, as desired.

In another method of producing the simulation of the complete band by a fragment, I insert a female die plate 31 into the tube so as to extend the bellows folds of the tube at each side, allowing this to st upon a suitable platen 32. The male die 21 is then brought down to form a band segment, which, with its longer tongue parts, extends over the front half of the tube. This causes a more extensive simulation of the complete band and is particularly effective when the cigar and its enclosing tube are lifted from the box.

As shown in Figure 1, when cigars are enclosed in tubes having the portion of a band thereon as described, and packed in sufficient number to cause them to be pressed or held by the ends, top and bottom of the box to square form in cross section, the cigars appear to have completely encircling bands thereon separate from the tubes 18, the segments of mutually adjacent tubes abutting or nearly so, with the result that the impression is created that a band completely encircles each cigar.

The band and band segments may be formed otherwise than as specifically described, one

method consisting in cementing to the blank a separate band, of paper or other material, as desired. The remaining operations of forming the bags and inserting the cigars being carried out as before described, With the same results and effects before explained, simplifying the application of the bands, reducing the handling of the cigars, and facilitating the removal of the bands by the consumer.

The cellulose and the color sheet material being both plastic in the heated condition, they both readily assume and retain the form imparted by the dies.

I claim:-

1. The method of simulating bands on cigars consisting in forming a Wrapper substantially square in cross section and forming on the front face only thereof a segment of a band including the central part of the band and small parts of band tongues stopping short at the lateral longitudinal edges of the front face, inserting the cigars in respective said Wrappers, packing the Wrapped cigars in a container side by side with the band segments transversely alined at the upper side, and compressing the cigars and Wrappers so as to permanently flatten them at the top side, whereby the extremities of the band seg ments of mutually adjacent wrappers Will lie in abutting registered relation and coact to give the appearance of complete bands encircling the cigars.

2. A wrapper for cigars comprising a transparent tubular envelope having a front portion, a segment of an ornamental cigar band formed on said front portion only and including a central label part and integral partial tongues stopping short adjacent opposite sides of the tube, whereby when a cigar is inserted therein and arranged in a package side by side with similar units with said front portions only exposed, the extremities of the band segments Will abut next adjacent units and present the appearance of complete bands encircling the cigars.

3. The method of simulating bands on cigars consisting in forming a tubular wrapper, forming thereon a segment of a band including the central part of the band and small portions of the band tongues, said segment extending over only a portion of the periphery of the wrapper, inserting the cigars in respective said Wrappers, packing the Wrapped cigars in a container side by side vvith the band segments at the upper side and compressing the cigars and Wrappers at the top side, whereby the extremities of the band segments of mutually adjacent Wrappers will lie in abutting registered relation and coact to give an appearance of complete bands encircling the cigars.

CHARLES N. CIOLINO. 

